HP Security Bulletin HPESBST03739 1

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SUPPORT COMMUNICATION - SECURITY BULLETIN

Document ID: hpesbst03739en_us
Version: 1

HPESBST03739 rev.1 - HPE StoreFabric B-series Switches, Remote Elevation of
Privilege

NOTICE: The information in this Security Bulletin should be acted upon as
soon as possible.

Release Date: 2017-05-04
Last Updated: 2017-05-04

Potential Security Impact: Remote: Elevation of Privilege

Source: Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Product Security Response Team

VULNERABILITY SUMMARY
A potential security vulnerability with Brocade Fabric OS (FOS) has been
addressed in HPE StoreFabric B-series Switches. The vulnerability could be
remotely exploited to allow an authenticated attacker to elevate the
privileges of user accounts.

References:

- Brocade Security Advisory ID: BSA-2017-208 - All Brocade Fibre Channel
SAN products running Brocade Fabric OS (FOS) releases earlier than v7.4.1d
and v8.0.1b.
- CVE-2016-8202

SUPPORTED SOFTWARE VERSIONS*: ONLY impacted versions are listed.

- StoreFabric B-series Switches - All versions prior to FOS v7.4.1d and
v8.0.1b

BACKGROUND

CVSS Base Metrics
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Reference, CVSS V3 Score/Vector, CVSS V2 Score/Vector

CVE-2016-8202
8.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
8.5 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)

Information on CVSS is documented in
HPE Customer Notice HPSN-2008-002 here:

https://h20564.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-c01345499

RESOLUTION

HPE has made the following software update information available to resolve
the vulnerability in HPE StoreFabric B-series Switches running Brocade Fabric
OS (FOS).

- - FOS v7.4.1d and FOS v8.0.1b or later have hardened the command line
interfaces by tightening access permissions and removed commands that
potentially can be used to poke and exploit the CLI to gain unauthorized
privileges.
- - HPE StoreFabric B-series Switches should update to FOS v7.4.1d, v8.0.1b or
later.

**NOTE:** The B-series switch streams list all the currently active FOS
versions. For the latest productsupport information, see the HPE Single
Point of Connectivity Knowledge (SPOCK) website. A valid HPE Passport account
is required to access this website:

<http://www.hpe.com/storage/spock>

HISTORY
Version:1 (rev.1) - 4 May 2017 Initial release

Third Party Security Patches: Third party security patches that are to be
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products should be applied in accordance with the customer's patch management
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HF = HPE Hardware and Firmware
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